Residents are being advised by the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management to monitor forecasts and pay attention to their local officials, should there be a need to evacuate.

In Avalon, officials are keeping their eyes on Thursday morning's high tide, which arrives just before 4 a.m. on the bay side.

"What we're looking for in this storm is minor to moderate street flooding," said Scott Wahl, Public Information Officer for Avalon and Stone Harbor. "We're letting the public know to move their vehicles if they live in a flood-prone area."

Avalon and Stone Harbor fared very well during Sandy; just one home suffered more than 50 percent damage. Wahl said the damage was minimal because of the towns' engineered beaches and dunes.

"We don't look at them as expenses," he said. "They are purely investments to protect the economy and the livelihoods of everyone."